Family Self Sufficiency Program (FSS)

Are you ready to work hard, challenge yourself, and hit your goals - all while earning over $25,000?

The Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program is a five-year program that works with Section 8 recipients to help them develop an action plan for reaching their goals, whether that be to secure employment, further their education, purchase a home, or start a business. FSS provides supportive counseling, financial education, and credit success workshops. Participants also work one-on-one with Economic Mobility Advisors.

FSS Program participants receive a financial incentive for participation. An escrow account in their name is created that receives a portion of the increased rent paid by the participant as their income increases in the program. Participants get the funds after graduating from the FSS program. There is no limit to the amount of money a participant can save in this program.

Eligibility is straightforward: participants must be a Way Finders Section 8 recipient and be willing to challenge themselves to hit their goals!